getting ready to ride
Today was the Tour De Cure. What a ride, it was great to be with so many other Type 1 diabetics fighting against the odds. They brought new hope to me and inspired me to carry on and overcome this life changing disease. The ride was led out by one of the Team T1 riders, that was very cool to be hanging with him.
The first few miles were up and down with hills so it was a great workout. The scenery was amazing and the weather was nice and cool. At about mile 15 I missed my turn and ended up on the return route, when I saw mile 90 I knew something was wrong. I quickly checked the map on my phone and back tracked to get back on course. This put my mileage off on my GPS so I was never certain where I really was. I stopped in at the first check station I found and aired up my tires they were running at 40 PSI so I was definitely dragging instead of gliding. I pumped them up to 110 PSI and it was like I had a new bike amazing the difference that makes. By about mile 65 my knees were cramping up not a typical thing for me, so I found some Ibuprofen and that made all the difference. I felt like I could go another 100 miles after that kicked in.
Mason finished the ride with me from mile 85 on it was great to have the company, he was on his mountain bike so I know it had to be a challenge for him. He is a very mentally and physically strong boy. When the ride was over I ended up riding 112 miles so it wasn't a bad days work. I am very excited to do it again next year. It is a great event for a great cause.
 winding hills |
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 nut trees |
 for JT |
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 lex flexing for us |
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 my right hand man |
 my game face |
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 they gave us medals, nice surprise |
 my cheer leaders |
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 free burger was great |
 see ya next year |
 the Team T1 rider that led us out, great guy |
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 Jodi and fam caught up to me at about mile 80 |
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